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magicalaurie Inner circle Ontario, Canada 2962 Posts |
Thanks for clarifying, Glenn. Unfortunately, I did not get the opportunity to see their show live. Wish I had. Glad you were able to. I have seen them on T.V. and Video quite a bit, though. They will always be top of my list. LOVE those guys.
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
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On 2005-07-28 21:35, Ed Hutchison wrote: That's for darn sure. Most magicians have never even heard of Del Ray.(and from what I can tell, that was fine with him.) I would rather watch a 1 hour video of Del Ray than have had a lifetime pass to see Siegfried & Roy in person any time I wanted. And I'm not kidding about that. Vandy
"Get a life dude." -some guy in a magic forum
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magicalaurie Inner circle Ontario, Canada 2962 Posts |
I'd take your lifetime pass off your hands, Vandy
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
If I had one it would be yours. "Compliments of me"
Vandy
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Jim Snack Inner circle 1338 Posts |
Nobody mentioned Richiardi, Jr. I saw him many years ago at the Village Gate in NYC and again a few years later at Madison Square Garden. If you ever saw him perform the Broom Suspension, you would rank him as one of the greatest stage illusionists.
Although I have only seen a brief clip of him doing the Thumb Tie, I think that Willard the Wizard also deserves a spot on the list. He had at least three completely different two hour illusion shows. Who else could do that today? Jim |
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Brent McLeod Inner circle 1792 Posts |
Jim-
Of Course!! Richiardi Just last week I dug out an old video special of his hosted by actor Christopher Lee all filmed Live which made it even better His Broomstick & Levitations as well as DeKolta chair were incredible but what I originally wanted to see was his very Dramatic "Razor Blade Illusion Couldve heard a pin drop as he bought them out-Fabulous stuff |
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Michael Taggert Special user Fredericksburg Virginia 656 Posts |
Ching ling Soo!!!!!!
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
Blutrol,
Do you mean Chung Ling Soo (William Robinson) or Ching Ling Foo?
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Rennie Inner circle I think I have about 1826 Posts |
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On 2005-07-28 19:50, bishthemagish wrote: I had the opportunity to see Siegfried & Roy live at the Mirage and it was a very impressive show. It was one of the best stage shows ever.The one thing I really remember was the energy that Roy had on stage and every show both he and Siegfried acted toward the audience like this show was their first and showed a lot of enthusiasm. So sad about Roy now, sure hope he has a total recovery as they both deserve recognition for what they did for magic. Rennie
The effect is the important thing, how you achieve it is not.......
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magicalaurie Inner circle Ontario, Canada 2962 Posts |
You're very lucky to have had the opportunity to see their show live, Rennie.
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español jeff New user 81 Posts |
I saw Doug Henning on Broadway (Iin the Magic Show) around 1975, or so. I don't remember the exact year, but it was a performance I'll never forget. Stunning was totally stunning.
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The Magician Loyal user Liverpool 267 Posts |
1. Dai Vernon
2. David Copperfield 3. Paul Daniels 4. Siegfried and Roy 5. Harry Blackstone 7. Larry Jennings 8. Houdini 9. Mark Wilson 10. Michael Ammar In no particular order
The Magician
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Roland New user Arizona 37 Posts |
"Greatest" is one of the difficult words here. Of course, there are many magicians I would LOVE to have seen and many of my favorites I don't think are the "greatest". Nonetheless, this futile pursuit is continued here... https://www.carnivalofillusion.com/best-......time.php Amazingly there is FILM of many of them! We based this list on which magicians altered the future of magic. That is how we chose to interpret the definition of "great".
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imgic Inner circle Moved back to Midwest to see 1337 Posts |
Too difficult a question, given we’ll see Thurston, Keller, Hermann, Chung Ling Soo, or so many others of the golden age of magic...
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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TomB Veteran user Michigan, USA 330 Posts |
I had to split it between inventors and performers
Magic Inventor Trick Buatier de Kolta Vanishing Lady, Vanishing Birdcage John Nevil Maskelyne Levitation with hoop pass Harry Houdini Metamorphosis, Chinese Water Torture Cell, Vanishing Elephant Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin Ethereal Suspension, light and heavy box, Inexhaustible Bottle P.T. Selbit sawing a lady in half Robert Harbin zig zag Servais Le Roy Asrah, Palanquin David Devant Mascot Moth, Artists’ Dream, Obliging Kettle Harry Kellar The Levitation of Princess Karnac Jim Steinmeyer Origami Performer David Copperfield Story telling, museum.of magic, classic stage performer Tommy Wonder rolled up sleeves vanishing birdcage, great attention to detail Harry Blackstone Jr Floating lightbulb. great voice and stage presence Doug Henning Classic stage performer Lance Burton Classic stage performer Dai Vernon double turnover, cups and balls The Pendragons Fastest Metamorphosis, clear sawing a woman in half Cyril Takayama Street Magic Pop Haydin entertaining, love his expressions, love his patter Kevin James Floating Rose, Snow, Bowl-a-rama (also very entertaining) Respected but lack of video (Thurston, Herrmann the Great) |
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GlennLawrence Veteran user Randolph NJ 319 Posts |
Generally not a fan of these "top 10 greatest" lists, but I will chime in on Seigfried & Roy. I saw the show in 2000 and really liked it. Maybe not the most mind blowing magic ever seen, but visually it had to be the most spectacular show I'm ever likely to witness. Everything about it, from the tigers to the costumes to the music and staging was just fantastic. It would only be a year or two after that Roy's mishap would force the show to close, so I'm lucky I got to see it when I did.
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nyborn New user 78 Posts |
Just so glad to see Harry Blackstone Jr. (I miss the black tie and tails) on so many lists and I have a fondness for Doug Henning. Both were my introduction to magic back in the day when talk shows like Mike Douglas would feature them for a good part of their shows.
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Gerald Blankenship Loyal user Lake O The Pines Texas 206 Posts |
All the magi listed here are no doubt are among the greatest. However the big stage acts in my opinion not in the same category as the slight of hand experts of days gone by. I don't think a large stage production is anymore great than a in your face closeup performer with card, coins or what have you. The stage acts do take timing and performance ability but assistants do most of the work. The coin worker or card worker takes much more dedication to to perform routines and they are by themselves and rely only on their ability. Other sleight of hand experts also have the same thing, they rely on their ability and nothing or no one else. So I think some folks are being overlooked here. Dean Dill is one of them.
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Tom Fenton Inner circle Leeds, UK (but I'm Scottish) 1477 Posts |
No one has mentioned John Carney. . .so I will.
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
I see no one has answered the OP. S/he asked for specific categories.
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